First, since this has been asked several times of the couple stories Shadowsblade and I have begun posting in this universe, it is not fan fiction of the Whateley Universe. Yes you will find similarities, but then both are based on fictional worlds that have magic and superheroes in them, there will be similarities due to this
There has been a plethora of books and movies over the years that use these elements, so to say that using these elements is ‘copying’ someone else’s work, then every fantasy writer that features elves in a story must be copying Lord Dunsany or J.R.R. Tolkien. There have also been stories and legends of people with extraordinary powers dating back centuries, English folklore’s Spring Heeled jack of the early 1800’s, even earlier there was Hercules, Achilles, Odysseus, Perseus and Atalanta all of Greek Mythology, so any story featuring superheroes must be copying those.
Why Hekawi? Due to part of the universes background we needed a fictional Native American tribal name and to give credit where it is due, the writers who worked on the TV series F-Troop came up with the greatest Fictional Native American tribal name ever used.
As of now Shadowsblade and I (two of the three original creators) are the only ones posting stories to the universe. (Shadowsblade’s “Warrior’s Way” and my “Necessity is the Mother of Invention” and “Déjà vu” are all part of this universe and currently being posted) We plan on opening it up for everyone who wishes to write into once a few of our stories are posted to give everyone an idea of how the universe works and the differences between it and the real world. Of course that also gives us time to sort through the close to 4 years of notes and combine them all into a logically written set of rules and guidelines for writing into the universe.
Until we can compile that disaster of notes into a resemblance of order to post for everyone to use, if you wish to write into this universe contact one of us for information.
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Nuuan forgot one story on our
Nuuan forgot one story on our growing list "Meagan's Tail" is Part of Hekawi too!
Any questions from the readers???
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F-Troop came up with the Fictional Native American tribal name
I've told the joke for years about Native American names; I each case anthropologists go to tribal elders to ask the origin of the tribes name. Each time the the story is the same... "Long time ago my people cross the great frozen water, cross the great high mountains, cross the great burning desert. They say 'We're the (insert tribal name,)" After three well know tribes then they go to a lesser known tribe, the Hakawi and the punch line becomes "Where the heck are we?"
But even though I was a great fan of F-Troup, I never made the connection until now.
Hugs
Patricia
Happiness is being all dressed up and HAVING some place to go.
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Indian names
As far as I know F-Troop is where that line originated from. There's a clip from the old 60's series on youtube where the Chief explains how they got that name. Originally it was written as Fugawi in the script, but the censors caught the play on words before it aired and forced the writers to change it. (My suggestion of using the original name instead of the 'family friendly' name that replaced it was voted down. I have no idea why?...LOL)
We needed a "Lost tribe" for the background story and let's face it you don't get more lost than one called the Heckawi :)
We the willing, led by the unsure. Have been doing so much with so little for so long,
We are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
Well, bluntly, the names of
Well, bluntly, the names of most of the tribes mean "The People", and their names for other tribes are "Not People", or a description, such as "Blubber Eaters" or "Live by the Bad Water" (ocean).
So, 'Hekawi' isn't as far fetched as most would like to believe. (or something like that in Ojibwe, Nahuatl, Sioux, or Cherokee)
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.
I'm Cherokee, at least a little bit
My great grandmother was full-blood Cherokee, so I guess I'm 1/8. We have a drop or two of some other tribe, probably Chickasaw, too.
Anyway, Cherokee is not a Cherokee word. It is in fact, an English attempt to spell what they heard when the Muskegee called my ancestors Tsalagi, which means Higlanders, approximately, in Muskegee. There is no single word for the Cherokee in the Cherokee language because the different bands used different names. So modern Cherokee accept either Cherokee or Tsalagi as a tribal name. We're sort of the "Who the Hekawi?" :)
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Erin
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Tribal names
Some tribal names were the result of Europeans putting there own labels on the Native Americans. The Sioux, for example, had that name trust upon them by the French and adopted in English in the 1760s. It is an abbreviation of the French word, Nadouessioux.
I quote from a piece in the Lakota Country Times 2009-03-12 By Stacy Makes
(Good Ta Kola Cou Ota). "Nadowessi" comes from the Chippewa"s and Oux comes from the French. The two words were put together "Nadowessioux"; Sioux has no meaning in either the Chippewa or French language. "Nadowessi" means little serpent " Nadowessioux" means two little serpents. Sioux is a slang word meaning little devil or demons.
The Sioux are actually a confederation of tribes. The Sioux people refer to the Great Sioux Nation as the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (pronounced [oˈtʃʰetʰi ʃaˈkowĩ], meaning "Seven Council Fires"). Each fire is a symbol of an oyate (people or nation).
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Patricia
Happiness is being all dressed up and HAVING some place to go.
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Ich bin eine Mann
Yes.. As I said, some names
Yes.. As I said, some names were what _others_ called them, others what they called themselves. The Sioux are/were a confederation, yes, but made up of a variety of tribes, who shared a common language - and different names for each of the tribal groups. Same with the Iroquois Nations. (I.E. Mohawk) Alabama-Coushatta are an offshoot of a set of tribes, and I don't recall what the Ponca are. (I should know that one, my father was formally adopted into the tribe.)
Tribes would grow, split into smaller groups, and sometimes merge back together if death or war reduced the population below the easy survival point. (easy being a relative term) If the group had a large enough area to support them, tribes could become confederation groups. If things (people/environment) became hostile enough, they could disappear, like the Anasazi.
I'll get a life when it's proven and substantiated to be better than what I'm currently experiencing.